Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of civil liberties, global health security, median age and population size on the spread of COVID-19 across the globe.

Design/methodology/approach

This study was done by taking data from 166 different countries from the Economist Intelligence Unit, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, World Bank, Johns Hopkins University and United Nations Population Division (UNPD). After conducting all the necessary standard econometric tests, the study was analyzed using the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression.

Findings

The finding of the study indicated that COVID-19 tests per million people (LTT/PM), Population Size (LPOP), Civil Liberty Index (CLI) are statistically significant and positively affect the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases; on the other hand, the Health Security Index (HSI) negatively affects the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Practical implications

In emergency circumstances, the government ought to have a special responsibility to align civil rights with the protection of public health cautiously. However, measures to restrict civil liberties must be proportionate.

Originality/value

Besides other variables, the study included and considered civil liberties as a significant factor to affect the spread of COVID-19, which is a new contribution to the existing body of knowledge in the field.

中文翻译：

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公民自由、全球健康安全、中位年龄和人口规模对 COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) 传播的影响

目的

本文的目的是调查公民自由、全球健康安全、中位年龄和人口规模对 COVID-19 在全球传播的影响。

设计/方法/方法

这项研究是通过从经济学人智库、欧洲疾病预防和控制中心、世界银行、约翰霍普金斯大学和联合国人口司 (UNPD) 获取来自 166 个不同国家的数据完成的。在进行了所有必要的标准计量经济学测试之后，使用普通最小二乘法 (OLS) 回归分析了该研究。

发现

研究结果表明，每百万人 (LTT/PM)、人口规模 (LPOP)、公民自由指数 (CLI) 的 COVID-19 检测具有统计学意义，并对确诊的 COVID-19 病例数产生积极影响；另一方面，健康安全指数 (HSI) 对确诊的 COVID-19 病例数量产生负面影响。

实际影响

在紧急情况下，政府应负有特殊责任，谨慎地将公民权利与保护公共卫生相结合。但是，限制公民自由的措施必须是相称的。

原创性/价值

除了其他变量外，该研究还包括并认为公民自由是影响 COVID-19 传播的重要因素，这是对该领域现有知识体系的新贡献。